Mentor Programs for New Teachers

Mentor Training

School divisions are required, under the Education Accountability and Quality Enhancement Act of 1999, to provide mentor teacher support programs for new teachers. Increasing student enrollments, a growing number of teacher retirements and growing numbers of teachers migrating to other school divisions represent serious challenges to divisions seeking to ensure the quality of classroom instruction.

While not the entire solution, carefully designed mentoring programs can help school divisions recruit new teachers, improve teacher retention rates and help expand the skills and knowledge of new and veteran teachers.